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Chortitza Colony

Mennonite settlement in the Russian Empire
AdministrativeArea volost_of_the_russian_empire Q991155

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
volost of the Russian Empire
Inception
1789[6]
Official name
Хортицкая волость[11]

Location

Country
Ukraine[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.879°, 35.005°[8]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Zaporizhzhia Oblast[3]

Population and size

Population
+2888, +12000[9][10]
More facts +3
Religion or worldview
Mennonites[2]
Capital
Verkhnya Khortytsia[5]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1943[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Chortitza Colony de Mennonitenansiedlung Chortitza de Kolonie Chortitza es Colonia de Jortytsia es Chortitza ru Хортицкая волость uk Хортицька волость zh 乔剃扎 zh-hant 喬剃扎
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Freebase ID
/m/0b85kg
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online ID
Insel Chortitza (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)

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🔗 Connections
Capital 1
Verkhnya Khortytsia
Contained subdivisions 1
Verkhnya Khortytsia
Country 1
Russian Empire
People born here 1
Peter P. Klassen
← Capital of 1
Verkhnya Khortytsia
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Summary

Chortitza Colony is a volost of the Russian Empire[1].

Related Entities

Russian Empire

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . gameo.org. gameo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . gameo.org. gameo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . gameo.org. gameo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . gameo.org. gameo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . gameo.org. gameo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . gameo.org. gameo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . gameo.org. gameo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . gameo.org. gameo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Charlie Plett · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'es', 'ru', 'uk']
    Capital → —
    Country → Ukraine
    Capital → Verkhnya Khortytsia
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||7 */ Update settlement from The Mennonite Map"
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